Issues with running Appium CLI on Mac

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I’m attempting to get appium working on Mac via bash.

So far I’ve done the following:

  1. Installed appium via ‘npm install -g appium’
  2. Linked folders via ‘ln -fs /usr/local/Cellar/node/16.4.2/lib/node_modules/appium/lib/main.js /usr/local/bin/appium’
  3. Added PATH to /usr/local/bin

Now when I’m attempting to start server via ‘appium’ command, I get the following error:

(node:16835) Warning: To load an ES module, set "type": "module" in the package.json or use the .mjs extension.
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
/usr/local/Cellar/node/16.4.2/lib/node_modules/appium/lib/main.js:4
import { init as logsinkInit, clear as logsinkClear } from './logsink';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
    at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:352:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1025:15)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1059:27)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1124:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:975:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:816:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:79:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47

I’ve also double checked that my node is up to date. This seems like a setup issue to me so far. I’m just not sure what I’m missing here.

Appreciate the help!

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This error is most likely happening because the destination script is wrong. The correct (transpiled) one must be located in the build folder

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Yep! That’s what it was. Got it running now.
Thank you.